>>>> "AK" == Avi Kivity <avi(a)argo.co.il>
writes:
AK> Physical ownership is as much a fiction as information ownership.
AK> There's no physical law that says that just because you gave a
AK> shopkeeper some green pieces of paper, I can't take your new iPod
AK> when you aren't looking [1]. It's just a convention that allows
AK> society to work.
One important difference is that if I steal your bicycle, you will
notice. If I give a copy of your program to a friend, you will not
notice.
/Benny